AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department (APD) has identified the victims killed in a Target parking lot at 8601 Research Blvd., near Ohlen Road, on Monday.
The victims are 24-year-old Hector Leopoldo Martinez Machuca, 65-year-old Adam Chow and Chow's 4-year-old granddaughter. Martinez Machuca, a Target employee, died at a hospital, while both Chow and his granddaughter were pronounced dead at the Target. Chow's wife also sustained minor injuries.
The man accused of killing the three victims, 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker , was arrested Monday in South Austin. He is accused of shooting and killing the victims before fleeing the area, assaulting two other people and destroying multiple vehicles before his capture.
Nieneker faces charges of Capital Murder by Terror Threat, Capital